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But to me, and likely most Tinder users, it’s hard not to perceive the rating as a definitive scoring of our attractiveness, a supercharged Hot or Not-style algorithm culled from thousands and thousands of signals. And if the company did, would you even want to know it? Rad, who tells me his Elo score is "above average," stresses that the rating is technically not a measure of attractiveness, but a measure of "desirability," in part because it’s not determined simply by your profile photo.

Your friend acknowledges that, but believes (or implies) that the point — the end goal — of the relationship is sex. Sex is part of the natural progression of the guy/girl relationship, but it is not the point.

"I've heard great stories from friends about dating and meeting people online, but didn't believe in online dating… He didn't expect much from dating sites either but things completely changed when we met.